News of Vitebsk

News and events in Vitebsk

02/17/2018 12:45

Belarus. Winter crops conditions ( UkrAgroConsult )Overall, winter cereals in Belarus had either fully recovered, or their sparseness was within natural loss limits. Somewhat higher-than-normal sparseness was only revealed in single wheat and triticale samples in Vitebsk, Minsk and Gomel regions. Most samples of winter rape plants also showed either ...

02/07/2018 12:45

In Belarus in the brothel with prostitutes, arrested a priest from Russia ( www.MICEtimes.asia (press release) )The Belarusian Vitebsk during the RAID on the brothel, arrested a priest from Russia, who is suspected of trying to take the women to St. Petersburg to work as prostitutes, according to 47news. According to the newspaper, the arrested man â father Nikolay (Nikolay Kireev) from the Church of the Holy ...

01/13/2018 20:45

Chagall exhibit comes to Methodist University ( The Fayetteville Observer )Admission to the exhibit is free, although donations are encouraged. Born Moishe Segal in Vitebsk, Belarus, in 1887, Chagall changed his name after moving to Paris. He died in 1985, leaving behind a body of work including paintings, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramic, tapestries and ...

12/06/2017 23:20

BELARUS: Maltreated, fined for offering religious literature ( Forum 18 )In mid-October, thirteen years after the last police disruption, police in the town of Lepel in Vitebsk Region in north-eastern Belarus again began detaining Council of Churches Baptists. Since then, police have repeatedly detained church members for singing and offering Christian books and magazines ...

11/21/2017 08:15

International support grows for Belarusian peacekeepers in Ukraine ( Belarus Digest )In September, a Vitebsk court in the north of Belarus convicted a Belarusian for the very same reason. The former was sentenced to two years of hard labour, the latter for two years of restricted freedoms. Many Ukrainian politicians speculate on Belarus's role in the conflict. However, they often ignore the ...

In Belarus, condemned the militants âDNRâ ( www.MICEtimes.asia (press release) )At a closed court in Vitebsk (Belarus) is 29-year-old citizen of Belarus Alexei Arsov the court found guilty of involvement in the fighting against ...

09/20/2017 02:50

In Belarus, some Jews don't mind a dictator ( Jewish Telegraphic Agency )In recent years, Belarus has seen none of the anti-Semitic violence that ... in Belarus posing for a group picture in front of the Vitebsk National Museum ...